• Workplace strategy has gone mainstream in recent years as more companies recognise the role the office can play in attracting and retaining employees; promoting collaboration; enhancing organisational culture; and controlling costs.

• However, many firms continue to struggle to implement workplace transformation projects, with CBRE identifying once of the main reasons as the failure to accurately gauge space utilisation at the outset. 

• Obtaining accurate space utilisation metrics on an ongoing basis is essential for companies to be able to make data-driven, quantitative and evidence-based decisions to facilitate change management and ensure the ultimate success of their chosen workplace strategy.

• This report provides an overview of modern approaches to measuring space utilisation and explains why the most advanced tools are essential for organisations embarking upon major workplace transformation programmes.